Strange insmod warnings

Hi all, I am getting some weird insmod warnings in /var/log/warn. --->SNIP Jul 23 20:29:10 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod ^P���` failed Jul 23 20:29:10 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod 0���` failed Jul 23 20:29:48 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod ^P���` failed Jul 23 20:29:48 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod 0���` failed Jul 23 20:31:43 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod ^P���` failed Jul 23 20:31:43 mentat1 modprobe: modprobe: insmod 0���` failed --->ENDSNIP Can anyone tell me where they come from, and more importantly, how to get rid of them? thanks, Stefan